Q28. Which Indian woman athlete is popularly known as ‘Idukki Express’ ?(A) P.T.Usha(B) K.M.Beenamol(C) Jyotirmay Sikdar(D) Anju Bobby George

Q29. Hoover Medal, a prize given for outstanding extra-career services by engineers to humanity, has been awarded to which Indian engineer for year 2008 ?(A) Sam Pitroda(B) G.Madhavan Nair(C) N.R.Narayan Murthy(D) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam

Q30. In international cricket, Yuvraj Singh of India is the second batsman to hit 6 sixers in an over. Who was the first ?(A) Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)(B) Adam Gilchrist (Australia)(C) Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa)(D) Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

Q31. On the banks of which river is the Kumbh Mela at Ujjain held ?(A) Kshipra(B) Godavari(C) Krishna(D) Kaveri

Q32. Shivkasi in Tamil Nadu is famous for which industry ?(A) Glass(B) Leather(C) Diamond(D) Fireworks

Q33. To put out the fire, which gas is released by Fire Extinguishers ?(A) Oxygen(B) Hydrogen(C) Carbon dioxide(D) Carbon monoxide

Q34. ‘Dromedary’ and ‘Bactrian’ are the types of which animal ?(A) Goat(B) Camel(C) Elephant(D) Bear

Q35. In which union territory of India, would you meet the people of the Onge tribe ?(A) Daman and Diu(B) Lakshadweep(C) Dadra and Nagar Haveli(D) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Q36. Ramon Magsaysay Award, often considered as Asia’s Nobel Prize, is given in memory of which Asian country’s former president ?(A) Singapore(B) Indonesia(C) Philippines(D) Malaysia

Q37. The East-West Corridor, being constructed under National Highways Development Project, and which starts at Porbandar (Gujarat) in west, will terminate at which place in the east ?(A) Silchar (Assam)(B) Kohima (Nagaland)(C) Imphal (Manipur)(D) Shillong (Meghalaya)

Q38. Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets or planetoids, are generally found between which planets ?(A) Earth and Mars(B) Mars and Jupiter(C) Jupiter and Saturn(D) Saturn and Uranus

Q39. By what name is the observation in economics that ‘bad money drives out good money’ popularly known ?(A) Say’s Law(B) Gresham’s Law(C) Murphy’s Law(D) Parkinson’s Law

Q47. By defeating Harshavardhana on the banks of river Narmada, which Chalukya ruler stopped him from expanding into south ?(A) Pulkesin I(B) Pulkesin II(C) Vinayaditya(D) Vijayaditya

Q48. In 1892, who became the first Indian to be elected to the House of Commons (lower house of British Parliament) ?(A) Mahatma Gandhi(B) Dadabhai Naoroji(C) Tej Bahadur Sapru(D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Q49. Which military training institute located at Khadakwasla near Pune in Maharashtra has adopted ‘Seva Parmo Dharma’ (Service before Self) as its motto ?(A) National Defence Academy(B) Indian Military Academy(C) Defence Services Staff College(D) Dundigul Air Force Academy

Q56. Which Article of the Indian Constitution gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir ?(A) Article 352(B) Article 356(C) Article 360(D) Article 370

Q57. Immortalized in the voice of Lata Mangeshkar, Kavi Pradeep’s famous patriotic song ‘Aye mere watan ke logon’ was set to music by which musician ?(A) Naushad(B) S.D.Burman(C) O.P.Nayyar(D) C.Ramchandra

Q75. In 1997, to which Indian film star did Pakistan Government present its highest civilian award ‘Nishan-e-Intiaz’ ?(A) Dev Anand(B) Raj Kapoor(C) Amitabh Bachchan(D) Dilip Kumar

Q76. On 18 March 1965, who became the first human to walk in the space ?(A) Yuri Gagarin(B) Alexey Leonov(C) Neil Armstrong(D) Buzz Aldrin

Q77. Washington D.C., the capital of United States of America, is located on the banks of which river ?(A) Seine(B) Thames(C) Potomac(D) Moskva

Q78. Which among the following is the first indigenous civilian aircraft of India ?(A) Saras(B) Tejas(C) Chetak(D) Cheetah

Q79. Near which city is the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History located ?(A) Panaji (Goa)(B) Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu)(C) Bharatpur (Rajasthan)(D) Sultanpur (Haryana)

Q80. Which Central American country was formerly known as ‘British Honduras’ ?(A) Belize(B) Malawi(C) Botswana(D) Benin

Q81. What name has been given to the first Boeing 747/700 jet, inducted into Indian Air Force, designed to work as the Indian President’s office-in-the-sky ?(A) Samrat(B) Rajdoot(C) Maharaja(D) Badshah

Q83. As a token of protest against Jallianwala Bagh massacre on 13 April 1919, who returned the Knighthood conferred on him by the British Government ?(A) Rabindranath Tagore(B) Tej Bahadur Sapru(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhle(D) Syed Ahmed Khan

Q84. On 6 Apr 2009, which Indian cricketer surpassed Australian Mark Waugh’s world record for the most catches in Test Cricket by a fielder (excluding wicket-keeper) ?(A) Sunil Gavaskar(B) V.V.S.Laxman(C) Rahul Dravid(D) Mohammed Azharuddin

Q85. What is the retirement age of High Court judges ?(A) 60 years(B) 62 years(C) 65 years(D) 70 years

Q86. Which apparatus is used to measure the blood pressure ?(A) Hygrometer(B) Chronometer(C) Thermometer(D) Sphygmomanometer

Q96. Which coastal city is known as the ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’ ?(A) Kochi (Kerala)(B) Mangalore (Karnataka)(C) Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)(D) Marmagao (Goa)

Q97. On 1 September 1939, attack on which country by Germany marked the start of World War II ?(A) France(B) Poland(C) Britain(D) Belgium

Q98. In 1981, which Mumbai born British writer won the Booker Prize for his novel ‘Midnight’s Children’ ?(A) Salman Rushdie(B) V.S.Naipaul(C) Arundhati Roy(D) Kiran Desai

Q99. In 1913, at which American city did Lala Har Dayal found the ‘Ghadar Party’ ?(A) Boston(B) California(C) Philadelphia(D) San Francisco

Q100. By voter strength, which Indian parliamentary constituency (Lok Sabha seat) having more than 33 lakh voters holds the world record of the largest constituency ?(A) Chandni Chowk (Delhi)(B) Outer Delhi (Delhi)(C) Nandyal (Andhra Pradesh)(D) Samastipur (Bihar)